Charmeil (; oc, Chalmelh) is a commune in the Allier department in central

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan ar ...

Geography

Accessible by departmental roads 6 and 27, Charmeil is located northwest of

Vichy Vichy (, ; ; oc, Vichèi, link=no, ) is a city in the Allier department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of central France, in the historic province of Bourbonnais. It is a spa and resort town and in World War II was the capital of V ...

, south of

Saint-Rémy-en-Rollat Saint-Rémy-en-Rollat is a commune in the Allier department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France. Population See also *Communes of the Allier department The following is a list of the 317 communes of the Allier department of Fran ...

, east of Vendat, and north of

Bellerive-sur-Allier Bellerive-sur-Allier (; oc, Vaissa) is a commune in the Allier department in central France. Known as Vesse or Vaisse, it was renamed Bellerive-sur-Allier in 1903. Population Geography Location Bellerive-sur-Allier was member of Ganna ...

. A weather station is located on the site of the

airport An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surfa ...

, elevation: . File:Charmeil D 27 depuis Vendat 2014-06-14.JPG, alt=The D 27 road from Vendat, D 27 from Vendat File:Charmeil D 27 Entrée depuis Cusset 2014-06-14.JPG, alt=D 27 road from Boutiron bridge, D 27 from Boutiron bridge

Administration

List of successive mayors: * 2001-2014: Andrée-Claude Petillat * 2014-current: Franck Gonzales

Population

Demography

Economy

Charmeil has a commercial area with signs: Mr Bricolage, Jardiland, a GiFi store, Lidl, and local merchants.

Culture and Heritage

* Charmeil Castle, which was the summer residence of Marshal

Philippe Pétain Henri Philippe Benoni Omer Pétain (24 April 1856 – 23 July 1951), commonly known as Philippe Pétain (, ) or Marshal Pétain (french: Maréchal Pétain), was a French general who attained the position of Marshal of France at the end of Worl ...

in 1943 and which was held including a secret meeting between Pierre Laval and the advisor of German Rudolf Rahn embassy minister in August 1942. * Church * Boutiron bridge (on departmental road 27, between Charmeil and Creuzier-le-Vieux, Monument historique since 2021)